Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch solution allows geographically dispersed organizations to hold Cisco TelePresence meetings across multiple locations reliably and easily. With support for up to 96 people in a single meeting across a mix of endpoints, the switch allows all participants to be seen in lifelike, high-definition video and heard in CD-quality, spatial audio combined with the industry s lowest latency. As part of the Cisco TelePresence solution, the multipoint switch allows you to connect through 48 single-screen Cisco TelePresence System 500 or Cisco TelePresence System 1000 endpoints, 16 three-screen Cisco TelePresence System 3000 endpoints, or a mix of both in a single meeting. The industry-leading design of the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch delivers voice-activated switching either site-by-site (site switching) or by individual table segment (segment switching). It is an affordable appliance that is also easy to install and manage. True to the user-friendly Cisco TelePresence design, multipoint meetings are scheduled using enterprise groupware (such as Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes), and they start with just a push of a button on the meeting-room phone. It is simple - there is no need for support personnel to set up meetings for you. Organizations can connect participants quickly and easily with multiple locations in the same meeting, empowering you to communicate and collaborate like never before (Figure 1). Figure 1. Cisco TelePresence Meeting Applications The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch is ideal for organizations with geographically dispersed teams that want to quickly and easily include participants at three or more locations in a single meeting. The switch enhances internal communication and collaboration, improving productivity; accelerating decision making and time to market; and facilitating frequent meetings with customers, partners, and suppliers. Integration with the highly available Cisco network offers reliability, quality of service (QoS), and security, giving you the confidence to use the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch for both internal and customer-facing multipoint meetings. 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 1 of 5
Features and Benefits The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch offers the following important features and benefits: Support for 48 video streams: The system supports connections among 48 single-screen Cisco TelePresence 500 or Cisco TelePresence 1000 endpoints, 16 triple-screen Cisco TelePresence 3000 endpoints, or a mix of both in a single meeting. The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch supports multiple simultaneous meetings up to the capacity of the total number of video streams supported. Voice-activated switching: The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch supports voice-activated switching. Embedded smart-switching technology determines when to switch speakers and eliminates changes due to stray noises. Spatial audio and seating location on screen are always maintained as switching occurs. Video conferencing interoperability: When linked with the Cisco 5600 Media Experience Engine (MXE), the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch provides full interoperability with the installed base of H.323 and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) video conferencing endpoints. Life-like, high-definition images: The Cisco TelePresence solution supports 1080p and 720p high-definition standards, with life-size images of far-end participants on 65-inch plasma screens for both point-to-point and multipoint calls. Spatial, interactive audio: Multichannel, discrete audio means sound comes from the direction of the speaker, allowing voice tracking as audio is switched between locations. Sub-10 ms latency brings transparent switching between sites or segments during a multipoint call. Data sharing and auto-collaboration: As with point-to-point Cisco TelePresence meetings, a multipoint participant at any endpoint can share images with all other participants and rooms in the conference by using a laptop or in-room document camera. Cisco WebEx OneTouch: When combined with Cisco TelePresence Manager, audio and data collaboration can be shared with the Cisco WebEx application, also allowing sharing of participant lists and viewing of Cisco TelePresence video for the current speaker. Director controls: For special events, custom video switching and audio mixing are often required. It is now possible using the web-based controls in the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch Administration. Affordable and easy to install and manage: Web-based administration with role-based profiles is easy for administrators at both group and department levels. Three roles are available: System administrator for access to all functions, conference management for control over meetings, and diagnostics-only for technical access to system processes. Table 1 summarizes the features and benefits of the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch. Table 1. Feature Scalability Features and Benefits of Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch Benefit The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch is designed for any sized workgroup to deliver multipoint meetings among Cisco TelePresence endpoints. Up to 48 video streams are supported, with each multipoint meeting supporting up to 96 participants. Impromptu calling High performance and low latency Audio add-on Content sharing Video conferencing interoperability During an active meeting, the conference manager can add another party from the web interface and the participant is automatically added to the meeting. The high-performance Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch server provides very low latency, allowing natural conversation and quick multipoint switching between Cisco TelePresence meeting rooms. Remote, audio-only participants can join a meeting by using conferencing features on the meeting-room phone or by integrating an audio conferencing bridge into the meeting in both point-to-point and multipoint calls. The Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch fully supports the Cisco TelePresence Auto-Collaboration feature. Combined with a Cisco Unified Videoconferencing 3500 MCU, the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch provides full audio and video interoperability with H.323, SIP, H.320, and Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP) video conferencing endpoints. 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 2 of 5
Feature Meeting security Encryption Video announce Bandwidth management Comprehensive diagnostics Call detail records (CDRs) Benefit Security features prevent unauthorized participant or meeting entry; a host controls meeting start times. Only invited rooms can attend a scheduled conference. The Cisco TelePresence solution supports full media and signaling encryption with no discernable latency to the Cisco TelePresence call for up to 48 segments. In addition, Cisco TelePresence meetings can be designated as nonsecure, secure best effort, and always secure. Meeting encryption status is indicated onscreen at the start of a call or when it changes, and on the phone at all times. This configurable option allows new participants joining a meeting to briefly be shown on the displays of all participants already in the meeting so they know a new party has joined. Automatic camera transmission control significantly reduces network traffic by eliminating the data feeds of nonspeaking meeting participants. Each meeting can be assigned a maximum quality (rate). If a Cisco TelePresence endpoint that has been assigned a lower bandwidth rate joins, the bandwidth rate of the conference automatically decreases. Diagnostics features include system status information, alarms, downloadable logs (syslog messages), and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) support. Call records provide meeting start and stop data and participant details. You can export records to a thirdparty application for manipulation and data sorting. Table 2 lists the specifications of the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch (Version 1.7). Table 2. Product s Product compatibility Software compatibility Call signaling Media protocol Video protocol Video resolution Auto-collaboration video Audio Additional hardware Cisco TelePresence Interoperability Product compatibility Software compatibility Call signaling Media protocols Video protocol Video resolution Auto-collaboration video Audio Additional hardware Capacity Cisco TelePresence Version 1.6 or later Cisco TelePresence Manager Version 1.6 or later SIP trunk with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Version 6.1.3 or later and IP Version 4 (IPv4) Real-Time Control Protocol (RTCP) and Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), and IP Unicast H.264 baseline high-definition (HDTV) 16:9 aspect ratio Progressive 1080p (1920 x 1080 pixels at 30 frames per second [fps]) and 720p (1280 x 720 pixels at 30 fps) 1024 x 768 pixels presentation video at 1, 5, or 30 fps Advanced audio coding with low delay (AAC-LD/HBR) 22-MHz (CD-quality) audio; 4-channel audio stream No additional hardware required Cisco TelePresence Version 1.6 or later Cisco TelePresence Manager Version 1.6 or later SIP trunk with Cisco Unified Communications Manager Version 6.1.3 or later and IP Version 4 (IPv4) RTCP and RTP, UDP, and IP Unicast H.264 baseline standard definition (TV) 4:3 aspect ratio (on demand only) 720p to use Cisco TelePresence application; transcoding for SIP and H.323 endpoints Not supported in current release Advanced audio coding with low delay (AAC-LD) (4 channels mixed) At least 1 Cisco MXE 5600 Media Experience Engine model Up to 48 1080p 30-fps video streams Maximum meeting size A single multipoint meeting can accommodate up to the total capacity of the system, which supports 48 video streams (1 plasma display = 1 video stream), so 16 Cisco TelePresence 3000 endpoints, 48 Cisco TelePresence 500 or Cisco TelePresence 1000 endpoints, or a mix can participate in a single meeting. Concurrent meetings Latency (added by Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch) The total capacity of the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch is 48 simultaneous video streams, with each plasma display representing one video stream. This capacity can be divided into any number of meetings. For example, with three Cisco TelePresence 1000 systems per meeting, the switch supports 16 concurrent meetings. The maximum number of concurrent meetings (with at least two Cisco TelePresence 500 or Cisco TelePresence 1000 Systems) is 24. Less then 10 milliseconds (ms) 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 3 of 5
Jitter (added by Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch) Availability SNMP MIBs CDR data Administrative interface Application programming interface (API) QoS Less then 0.05% 99.99% (estimated) RFC 1213, ENTITY, IF, ENTITY-FRU-CONTROL, HOSTRESOURCES, UMSEVENT, and UMSLMSSENSOR CDR ASCII format HTTP and HTTPS, Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol, role-based access control (RBAC), and password protection Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) or XML for real-time (active meeting) conference and participant management Support for Differentiated Services (DiffServ) markings System Hardware s The Cisco MCS 7845 Media Convergence Server is a high-availability server platform. It is an integral part of a complete, scalable architecture for a new generation of high-quality IP voice solutions that run on enterprise data networks. It delivers the high performance and availability demanded by today's enterprise networks and is an innovative, easy-to-deploy, and highly cost-effective solution. At only 2 rack units (2RUs) high, the Cisco MCS 7845 packs tremendous power in a low-profile chassis. This server is used in a variety of Cisco Unified Communications applications. Table 3 lists the hardware specifications. Table 3. System Hardware s Cisco MCS 7845 Attribute Hardware Connectivity Power Reliability Dimensions (H x W x D) Weight Cisco MCS 7845 (Cisco MCS 7845-H2 for HP or Cisco MCS 7845-I2 for IBM) quad-core-processor server; Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliant Dual 1-Gb Ethernet network interfaces 100 to 132 VAC (10A) and 200 to 240 VAC (6.1A); 50 to 60 Hz 30,000 hours mean time between failure (MTBF) (estimated) 3.38 x 17.54 x 26.01 in. (8.59 x 44.54 x 66.07 cm) 60 lb (27.22 kg) OS software Red Hat Linux AS 3 Origin Hardware data sheet 1 Manufactured in United States http://www.cisco.com/en/us/products/hw/voiceapp/ps378/products_data_sheet0900aecd80587390.html Ordering Information Table 4 lists ordering information for the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch. Table 4. Ordering Information Product Name Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch (CTMS) Cisco CTMS Software License/Application Cisco MCS 7845 Media Convergence Server Part Number CTS-CTMS-1.7-K9 LIC-CTMS-1.7 (Included) MCS-7845-I3-CTS1 (Included - model may vary) 1 Server hardware is subject to change. Please refer to data sheet for the latest specifications. 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 4 of 5
Service and Support Critical to delivering the innovative Cisco TelePresence experience in your organization are integrated lifecycle services. Designed specifically for multisite organizations, these services deliver the Cisco TelePresence experience and accelerate the successful deployment of a high-quality, reliable in-person meeting experience. Initial prepare, planning, and design services prepare your network and organization to deliver the expected consistent quality level of the Cisco TelePresence meeting solution. Operate services provide peace of mind for your IT staff and reduce risk of downtime by providing critical day-2 maintenance support. These services use the proven Cisco Lifecycle Services approach to deliver a Cisco TelePresence experience. For more information, please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/services. For More Information For more information about the Cisco TelePresence Multipoint Switch, please visit http://www.cisco.com/go/telepresencemultipoint or contact your local Cisco account representative or authorized Cisco partner. To locate an authorized partner, please visit http://tools.cisco.com/wwchannels/locatr/jsp/partner_locator.jsp. Printed in USA C78-392387-03 09/10 2010 Cisco and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This document is Cisco Public Information. Page 5 of 5